Meet the Author and Presenter

Gregory D. Schutte, MSW, LISW-S

Greg has been working for Marriage Works! Ohio, a department of the Elizabeth’s New Life Center (Dayton, Ohio) since 2006. He started as their Director of Marriage Education, and within a year and a half, he was promoted to the Director of Marriage Works! Ohio. In 2006, the Elizabeth New Life Center received the Administration for Children and Families’ (ACF) third largest grant and, in 2011, 1 of the 4 largest grants in the United States to do marriage education. Marriage Works! Ohio was selected in 2009 by the ACF Office of Family Assistance as one of eight promising practices in marriage education in the United States. Greg has been the keynote speaker at several marriage and family conferences and events throughout the nation. Greg hosted (2015-2017) the radio program “Living out the Sacrament of Marriage” on Radio Maria.

Greg created the Building a Eucharistic Marriage program as one part of the “Discovering Our Deepest Desire” curriculum. The DODD Curriculum also includes a 12-part Catholic marriage enrichment program, as well as, its non-denominational counterpart “Rekindling the Heart”, based off Greg’s years of providing therapy to married couples, and his research of the Theology of the Body. The DODD curriculum received an Imprimatur from Bishop Binzer of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati in November 2013 for the English version, and in April 2015 for the Spanish translation.

Greg has been married for 31 wonderful years and is the proud father of 7 children. Greg has also been a member of the Catholic band ROMANS since 1996 and has two recordings: Come to Life and High Fidelity, along with several original songs which are individually sold on the web. (see www.romanscatholic.com.)

Preview Greg’s latest song, The Long Road, dedicated to his loving wife Stephanie.

Download a digital copy of The Long Road

Education

University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
B.A., Psychology, minor in Family Studies, 1987-1991

Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Masters of Social Work, 1991 -1993

Professional Qualifications

Licensed Independent Social Worker – Supervisor, # 0007236 – Supv., OH.
Director of Marriage Works! Ohio since 2008.
Author of “Discovering Our Deepest Desire,” a Catholic marriage enrichment curriculum.
Trained and registered P.I.C.K. and L.I.N.K.S. instructor (www.LoveThinks.com).
Trained “Go for the Gold” instructor.
Trained “PREP” instructor
Trained “Prepare and Enrich” instructor

A Message from the Author

Presentations

June 2, 2024

Keynote Speaker in Evansville Diocese Indiana

March. 16, 2024

Keynote Speaker for Together in Holiness in St. Petersburg, FL

March 12, 2024

Church Mission Presenter at St. James of the Valley, Cincinnati

March 9, 2024

Speaker for Lubbock, TX

Nov. 11, 2023

Speaker at Immaculate Heart of Mary (Cincinnati)’s Marriage Event

oct. 21, 2023

Speaker at “Together in Holiness” conference in Ft. Myers, FL at St. John XXIII Catholic Church

Oct. 17-19, 2023

Keynote Speaker at Marriage and Family: A Eucharistic Journey for a Lifetime

April 13 & 14, 2023

Speaker at Hillsdale College - Michigan

Feb. 11, 2023

Speaker at “Together in Holiness” conference in Charleston, South Carolina at the Blessed Sacrament Catholic church

Jan. 28, 2023

Virtual talk with the Nativity Church in the Arlington Diocese

Aug. 12-13, 2022

Marriage retreat in Kalamazoo Michigan

Feb. 18, 2022

Keynote Speaker at the St. Susan Marriage Event in Mason, OH

Sept. 4, 2021

Marriage Talk at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Dayton, Ohio

March 5-6, 2021

Presented a series of relationship talks to students and faculty at Steubenville
College in Steubenville, Ohio

Nov. 1, 2020

Keynote speaker at the Cincinnati Tri-State Retrouvaille Marriage Enrichment Day

Feb. 8, 2020

Keynote with wife at Marriage Event Dinner at St. Remy Church in Russia, OH